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greenie
noun- any paper money UK
- [They] build (not buy) each other a drink and pay for it with greenies, crispies, lottery tickets, drinking vouchers. — Ann Barr and Peter York, The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook, p. 117, 1982
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 41, 1988
- a one-pound note UK
From the colour of the note. - [A] brutal lunge at the greenies in your wallet. — Time Out, 9 May 1980
- an Australian one-pound note AUSTRALIA
Shortening of GREENBACK- [C]ome again? I’d need a stack of greenies before I flashed the old feller on T.V. — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 46, 1968
- a gob of thick nasal mucus and catarrhal matter UK
From the colour. - Dave gobbing at me, a great big greeny landing on my right boot[.] — John King, Human Punk, p. 108, 2000
- Just spit, not a big fuckin greenie! — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 267, 2002
- a speeding ticket US
- — Warren Smith, Warren’s Smith’s Authentic Dictionary of CB, p. 42, 1976
- In Los Angeles, they are known as “greenies,” after the color of the copy of the citation that the officer keeps. — Los Angeles Times, p. B8, 19 December 1994
- Shouldn’t you guyis be parked on a corner somewhere, writing greenies? — Stephen J. Cannell, The Tin Collectors, p. 74, 2001
- a conservationist AUSTRALIA, 1973
From “green ban” (a ban imposed for environmental reasons). - Greenies can be seen buried up to their necks in the ground or manacled to earthmoving equipment. — The Dinkum Dictionary Of Australian English, p. 33, 1990
- an ocean wave, especially a large breaking wave suitable for surfing AUSTRALIA
- The surf was fantastic. You should have seen those greenies. — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 77, 1964
- — Nigel Foster, The Making of a Royal Marine Commando, 1987
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